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- DirectorDusan MakavejevStarsJovan CirilovMila RadosavljevicA man rises from his own coffin to describe his life in an unnamed, repressive society. Every milestone of his life; birth, marriage, etc. is marred by the interference of the literally faceless bureaucracy.
- DirectorDusan MakavejevStarsAnja BaskovacDragoljub IvkovFirst five minutes of the film show a weird fellow who is playing marbles with kids and seems to be just biding his time. Film after the titles continues to follow his adventures as his love story unfolds. A love story between him and a doll in a window shop.
- DirectorDusan MakavejevTo Makavejev, each tombstone plays vicar for its resident spirit; it haunts, roams, and makes conversation.
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- DirectorDusan MakavejevSarcastic look at 1962 Yugoslav beauty contest.
- DirectorDusan MakavejevPeople in a rural Yugoslav community are transitioning from using horses to motor-vehicles. As more and more start using cars, the horses are killed off and wagons dismantled.
- DirectorJan SvankmajerAnimated drawings inspired by Leonardo da Vinci are intercut with seemingly unrelated (but in fact strangely similar) live-action scenes.
- DirectorJan SvankmajerThree surreal depictions of failures of communication that occur on all levels of human society.
- DirectorJan SvankmajerStarsJan ZácekA horrifying, surrealist version of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Pit and the Pendulum" directed by the masterful animator Jan Svankmajer.
- DirectorJan SvankmajerA bust of Stalin is cut open on an operating table, leading to an elaborate animated depiction of Czech history from 1948 (the Communist takeover) to 1989 (the Velvet Revolution). Some knowledge of the subject is essential in order to understand the film, which is entirely visual.
- DirectorJan SvankmajerA human body gradually reconstructs itself as its various component parts crowd themselves into a small room and eventually, after much experimentation, sort out which part goes where.
- DirectorJan SvankmajerStarsLudvík SvábBedrich GlaserJan KrausExamines the human relationship with food by showing breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
- DirectorMaya DerenAlexander HammidStarsMaya DerenAlexander HammidA woman returning home falls asleep and has vivid dreams that may or may not be happening in reality. Through repetitive images and complete mismatching of the objective view of time and space, her dark inner desires play out on-screen.
- DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsPierre BatcheffSimone MareuilLuis BuñuelLuis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí present 16 minutes of bizarre, surreal imagery.
- DirectorRené LalouxIn a distant planetoid, an industrious but hapless old farmer strives to make his vegetables flourish, however, to no avail.
- DirectorPhilippe CazaRené LalouxTwo kids travel to a city where silence is kept sacred.
- DirectorLuka HrgovicDino JuliusStarsAnton SveticIvica PustickiEmilija HabulinStory about a low-life drug dealer who tries to turn his life around, but finds himself at the mercy of fate when he encounters a cop with an agenda of his own.
- DirectorMarv NewlandBambi is contentedly nibbling the grass, seemingly unaware of his impending encounter with Godzilla. What will happen when the two finally meet?
- DirectorRobert NelsonStarsR.G. DavisSaul LandauAn short film which captures various activities with a watermelon while set to a catchy tune.
- DirectorRobert NelsonThe film is broken down minute by minute, with a clock ticking away its duration to save the audience the trouble of craning their necks to see how much film is left on the projector. Comprising "a boat game and entertainments", this landmark film is ingeniously artful and extremely entertaining as it brilliantly toys with audience expectation and participation.
- DirectorZvonimir BerkovicStarsLjiljana GenerIvo KadicIvan Uzelac
- DirectorLawrence Gordon ClarkStarsDenholm ElliottBernard LloydReginald JessupA lonely Signalman is visited by a stranger.
- DirectorKristóf DeákStarsDorka GáspárfalviDorottya HaisZsófia Szamosi'Sing' is a childhood drama with a lot of music, set in 1990s Budapest, Hungary. Inspired by a true story, it follows an award winning school choir and the new girl in class who just might uncover the ugly secret behind their fame.
- DirectorDavid F. SandbergStarsLotta LostenWhen you are all alone in a small dark room, what do you fear the most? Is it the temporary blindness or is it the uneasy deep feeling that someone, or rather something, is observing your every move?
- DirectorBen FranklinAnthony MeltonStarsAaron Thomas WardCorinna MarloweCharlie VenablesA bullied schoolboy takes drastic measures against his tormenter, summoning an ancient being in the woods using a spellbound book passed down through the generations of his family.
- DirectorA.J. BrionesStarsAbbi ChallyStrange DaveMellisa ChallyA little girl home alone finds herself face-to-face with pure evil.
- DirectorJohn KahrsStarsJohn KahrsKari WahlgrenJack GoldenbergAn office worker meets the girl of his dreams and uses a fleet of paper airplanes to get her attention.
- DirectorNash EdgertonStarsNash EdgertonMirrah FoulkesChum EhelepolaA young man tries to make things right again in his relationship after he and his girlfriend get in a fight.
- DirectorGary RydstromStarsSheb WooleyA teenage alien is trying to abduct a sleeping human, but doesn't know which switch to use.
- DirectorEric ArmstrongStarsBrad SimonsenMortonette JenkinsJeff WolvertonA janitor at an alien nightclub gets his wish to be a singer.
- DirectorZbigniew RybczynskiSubsequent characters appear in a poorly-decorated room, intertwining but never colliding, all possessed by never-ending rituals.
- DirectorDavid LynchStarsMichele CarlyleStan LothridgeRuss PearlmanA short film about the events following a murder.
- DirectorLen LyeFrom a surreal paradise a shower of oil revives the thirsty cars and creatures.
- DirectorRadu JudeStarsMarian BratuGabriel SpahiuNatalia CalinA boy convinces his father to go into town and fix their TV.
- DirectorRobert MorganStarsLivy ArmstrongDaniel Hogwood-KaneVictoria HayesThe dark, surreal story of a cat who wants to be human.
- DirectorLen LyeAbstract animation drawn directly on Technicolor film, some with underlying real life footage of unrelated subjects. Various colorful shapes and patterns move and interact, set to upbeat music.
- DirectorLen LyeStarsEvelyn CorbettDwight GodwinCorrespondence between young lovers nearly ends in disaster through a mistake in postal district. Fortunately the GPO spots the error and all ends will, but with the moral that correspondents should get the address right.
- DirectorLen LyeUsing the Gasparcolor film system, abstract shapes and patterns are painted directly on the film strip itself to create an animation set to upbeat music.
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- DirectorLen LyeWith the screen split asymmetrically, one part in positive, the other negative, the film documents the evolution of simple celled organic forms into chains of cells then more complex images from tribal cultures and contemporary modernist concepts. The images react, interpenetrate, perhaps attack, absorb and separate, until a final symbiosis (or redemption?) is achieved.
- DirectorLen LyeAnimated shapes dance to Cuban music. This was one of the first animations to be painted directly onto the film.
- DirectorLen LyeAnimation of colorful kaleidoscopic shapes set to jazzy music.
- DirectorLen LyeAn experimental short using fabric stencils, set to blues music.
- DirectorLen LyeAn experimental short film commissioned by Chrysler for a commercial.
- DirectorLen LyeDisplay the graph that follows traditional African music's voice strains of sway, between music and graphics so mix and so gave the impression of beauty in the melting pot of musical art and graphics.
- DirectorLen Lye
- DirectorCristi PuiuStarsMimi BranescuMihai BratilaVictor RebengiucTwo characters discuss business in a restaurant.
- DirectorNathan FielderStarsNathan FielderJessee FoudrayRonnie RodriguezMicrosoft Founder Bill Gates has implanted computer chips into asteroids in a diabolical scheme, and one hacker must stop him.
- DirectorGianni HoepliUbaldo MagnaghiStarsLav KamenarovicGino EprisiCarlo BissiA doctor performs an experiment on a dying man by placing him under hypnosis on his deathbed.
- DirectorJ. Stuart BlacktonStarsJ. Stuart BlacktonA cartoonist defies reality when he draws objects that become three-dimensional after he lifts them off his sketch pad.
- DirectorJ. Stuart BlacktonStarsJ. Stuart BlacktonA cartoonist draws faces and figures on a blackboard - and they come to life.
- DirectorDusan VukoticStarsAndro Lusicic
- DirectorSegundo de ChomónStarsSegundo de ChomónJulienne MathieuAn enthusiastic young couple is astounded with modern technology's giant leaps in the fascinating field of electricity.
- DirectorNorman McLarenStarsGrant MunroJean Paul LadouceurA surreal story of two neighbours' destructive feud over a flower.
- DirectorAnte BabajaStarsBoris FestiniIvo KadicVanca KljakovicA silent art film based on the novella by Vladan Desnica. The film portrays reactions and imaginings of bystanders caused by a man beating a woman on the street.
- DirectorPESTransforming familiar objects into fresh guacamole.
- DirectorJuan Pablo ZaramellaStarsGustavo CornillónMaría AlchéLuis RialIn a world controlled and timed by the light, a common man has a plan that could change the destiny.
- DirectorGeorge SidneyStarsHarold E. EdgertonClarence CurtisTex HarrisIn this Pete Smith Specialty, Dr. Harold E. Edgerton demonstrates stroboscopic photography, which he helped develop. This process allows us to see in slow motion what happens during events that occur too fast to be seen by the naked eye. Examples shown here include a bullet in flight as it shatters a light bulb, the moment of impact when a kicker kicks a football, and a the motion of a hummingbird's wings as it hovers.
- DirectorMarcus MarkouStarsLaurence SpellmanSargon YeldaDimitri AndreasAlistair and Samir meet five different times, but it is only when they meet as old men that they can finally put their prejudices aside and meet as friends. This film champions friendship and compassion over separation and distrust.
- DirectorPESA lens is smashed with a hammer.
- DirectorPESVarious fruits and vegetables act as gears.
- DirectorPESA gold mannequin is overtaken by nature in this surrealistic short by Oscar-nominated director PES.
- DirectorPESMetal objects of the past come to life in the depths of the sea.
- DirectorPESEveryday objects become delicious ingredients as we learn how to cook spaghetti through stop-motion photography.
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- DirectorPESAlright boys and girls, are you ready for the best birthday party ever?
- DirectorPESDirector PES recreates five classic arcade games (Centipede, Frogger, Asteroids, Space Invaders, and Pac-Man) by manipulating familiar objects in stop-motion.
- DirectorPESCandies, coins, and an array of other objects form beautiful fireworks.
- DirectorPESFamiliar objects are transformed into a candy-coated vision of war in this seminal stop-motion short by PES.
- DirectorPESPeanut drowning in a peanut butter sea.
- DirectorPESA little peanut is lying in the crib.
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- DirectorPESA man wakes up in the middle of the night because of an emergency.
- DirectorPESSuddenly, a fine golden drizzle starts falling on a calm little woodland pond.
- DirectorPESStarsMichael HanniganChaka KhanPESXXX chair-on-chair action.
- DirectorPESFirst short of the Oscar nominated director PES.
- DirectorPéter SzoboszlaySet in the allegorical space of an abandoned room, a frustrated mind feels the distorting effects of aggression and paranoia - including visions of butterflies, the Mona Lisa and nuclear fallout
- DirectorCharles EamesRay EamesStarsPhilip MorrisonBeginning with a shot of a couple enjoying a picnic, then zooming out incrementally by powers of ten, the film offers a glimpse of everything from the edge of the known universe to the molecules on a person's hand.
- DirectorAnte BabajaThe local postal service makes a mistake delivering a small figurative sculpture to a miller and a miller stone to a museum. The museum curator, not aware of the mistake, starts celebrating this abstract shape, influencing even the local artists to imitate that kind of shapes when portraying people.
- DirectorAnte BabajaStarsJanez CukBoris FestiniBozidarka FrajtA tale of two brothers from babies to adulthood told without words. One brother is upstaged by the other from the crib onward. Eventually the tables are turned.
- DirectorSándor ReisenbüchlerA technological civilization takes three intelligent salamander creatures captive to conduct experiments on them. The experiments go awry and the salamander creatures wreak havoc in the city of humans.
- DirectorGyörgy CsonkaStarsGyörgy KálmánAn investigation into a blue horse with roller skates in an apartment building turned into a nightmare.
- DirectorOttó FokyA cosmic metallic hen arrives to a planet of beans and observes their daily lives.
- DirectorYorgos LanthimosStarsMatt DillonDaphné PatakiaSusan ElleA professional cellist has an encounter with a stranger on the subway which has unexpected and far-reaching ramifications on his life.
- DirectorIvan MartinacThe Focus is the film about easy death on the Mediterranean sun.
- DirectorLordan ZafranovicStarsTomislav GotovacA hot summer afternoon in a city backyard. A young man, a boy, and a sparrow face a drama. The heavy power of the summer siesta forces them to commit a crime without reason.
- DirectorMilos RadovicStarsBranislav 'Ciga' JerinicDanilo 'Bata' StojkovicVojislav 'Voja' BrajovicWhole movie is made out of only one cut. It shows how a command is twisted from the moment its was given by a colonel till the time it riches a regular trooper.
- DirectorBálint KenyeresStarsSándor BadárJános KalmárLajos KovácsBefore dawn, people will rise and other people will take away their hope.
- DirectorHisham ZamanStarsSedar Ahmad SalehBroa Ako RasolHåkon HatlenA father is forced to choose between two evils to provide for his son.
- DirectorZbigniew RybczynskiStarsGrazyna KreuschMarek Kreusch
- DirectorIstván OroszA typical apartment building in Budapest and their residents from the aspect of a young boy playing football sometime in the end of the 1980s at the time of the change of regime in Eastern Europe. Is there a way out from here? A geometrical paradox and a political parable at the same time.
- DirectorPeter TscherkasskyStarsBarbara HersheyFootage from The Entity (1982) is edited into an abstract nightmare.
- DirectorTatsuo SatôMasaaki YuasaA young anthropomorphic cat goes on a psychedelic journey with his sister in order to save her soul.
- DirectorKrzysztof KieslowskiPeople of different age, profession and social status answer two simple questions: who they are and what they want from life.
- DirectorTaika WaititiStarsRangi NgamokiHutini WaikatoTe Ahiwaru Ngamoki-RichardsSometimes first love is found in the most unlikely of places, like in the carpark outside the Te Kaha pub.
- DirectorJasna ZastavnikovicStarsNeven Aljinovic-TotNaranca Aljinovic TotJasna ZastavnikovicA documentary about mother and her problem child, son Neven. Their relationship goes from hell to paradise, and backwards - all the time. Nice study of human behavior.
- DirectorKresimir GolikA movie follows a regular working day of a woman who works in a factory. She wakes up at 3am and goes to sleep at 10pm.